Quality Team Awards

2016 Quality Awards

Quality Recognized at Luncheon

The annual Quality Awards recognize faculty, staff and cross-functional teams who
are performing outstanding work across the college, and continuously improving processes
and outcomes for student success.

Fred Douglas, Police Department dispatcher, was named Staff Employee of the Year, with Dianna Brackbill, office associate in International Enrollment recognized as Part-time Staff Employee
of the Year.

Finally, the Team Awards recognize employee teams for process improvements and quality
initiatives that benefit Columbus State and its students.

A Silver Team Award was given to the Petition to Graduate: Initiative to Complete team, which used data to determine why students in Business and Engineering Technologies
were ending a few credits short of graduation. Additional counseling increased the
graduation rates by double digits. The team members are: Mary Bond,Nichole Braun,Allison Deverteuil,Sarah Goff,Sheri Harrington,Marcy Leeds,Kathy Newman-Gall, and David Wells.

The second Silver Team Award went to the Deregistration Process Improvement Project team, a large cross-functional group who were able to answer the question: why do
5,000 students drop from classes every term, five days before the semester begins?
Within a month’s time, the team decided on a deferral option for the payment of tuition,
and eliminated the hassle of re-registration and related processes. Team members are:
Jaimie Allen, John Donahue, Jan Ellis, Annetta Keller, Martin Maliwesky, David Metz,
Stacey Peer, Abby Peterson, Regina Randall, Carla Reed, Aletha Shipley, and Michele Wade.

The Gold Team Award went to the Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Exhibit, Film and Lecture Series team. The project was inspired by Wil Haygood’s latest book, “Showdown: Thurgood Marshall
and the Supreme Court Nomination that Changed a Nation." The team organized a poster
exhibit highlighting key court cases, an online guide, a film and lecture series,
an art exhibit, and a companion display and programming in the Bookstore. An address
by the author capped the four month-long event.